He was a little man,
Pirouette peanut
He was a little man who had a strange house
Who had a strange house

The house is cardboard
Pirouette peanut
The house is cardboard paper

Stairs are stairs that are made of paper
If you want to go up
Pirouette peanut
If you want to ride
You will break the nose
You will break the nose
factor is mounted Pirouette peanut
factor is mounted
He broke the nose
It’s broke
his nose was patched for him
Pirouette peanut was patched with the pretty gold thread
with the lovely golden thread
My story is over, Pirouette peanut
My story is over Ladies and gentlemen, applaud Ladies and gentlemen, applaud

A green mouseThat ran in the grass,I caught it by its tailI showed it to those men.The men said:Dip it in oil,Dip it in waterIt will become a snailNice and warm.I put it in a drawIt told me, “It’s too dark.”I put it in my hatIt told me, “It’s too warm.”

Lark, lovely lark, Lark, I will pluck you….then each area of the lark being plucked is discussed. The head, beak, tail, back, and neck. The future form of “pluck” (plumer) is used, which is interesting for a children’s story.

Note: Congratulations! You just memorized the Future Simple verb tense in French.

The children’s song “Alouette”, is about a person singing about an “alouette” (a lark) that they promise to pluck…probably for waking the person up.

You then use this form as the key to figuring out the others. You take the infinitive version of the verb, in this case « plumer » and add the appropriate endings. Once you pluck the « i » from the je form, the « i » never returns: